Street-railway car



(No Model.) S. B'ISSELL.

STREET RAILWAY OAR- No. 264,849. Patented Sept, 26, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFricE.

SYLVESTER BISS ELL, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

STREET- RAILWAY CA R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 264,849, dated September 26, 1882.

To all whom it may concern it Be it known that I, SYLVESTER BrssELL,of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street-Rail way Cars, of which the following is a description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, \vhere Figure 1 is a top view of a car embodying my improvements with the carroofremoved. Fig. 2 is a view of same in vertical cross section on plane passing through the turnstile, the pawls being omitted. Fig. 3 is adetail view of the ratchets and pawls located near the upper end ofthe turnstile-shaft. Fig. 4 is a side view of same. Fig. 5 is a view in longitudinal section through the locking device and foot-lever. Fig. 6 is a top view of the lock and foot-lever. Fig. 7 is a detail view of pawl-shiftingmechanisin.

My invention relates to that class of streetrailway cars in which no conductor is employed, the fare being deposited by each pas senger in a suitable box fixed at one end of the car.

It consists mainly of peculiar arrangement of the entranceand exit doors at the i'rontend of the car, and also of the devices that place the control of the doors in the power of the driver.

In the old style of thiscar (commonly called bob-tail) the passengers enter and leave by the rear door, and are required to put their fare in a box at the front end. This arrangement is liable to many disadvantages, which are remedied as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes my improved car as a whole; I), the front platform, provided with the slightly-projecting driveis stand I) and the usual steps on both sides of the car. Partitions c d e are so arranged near the front end of the car as to form a passage-way, at one side of which a turnstile,f, is arranged, with armsf project ing across the passage as the stile turns. A shorter turnstile, g, is placed at-t-he lower end of turnstilef, and revolves upon it as a center, with arms 9 fixed at about the height of a child paying one-half fare. Near the-upper end of the stile f, which is pivotally attached to the floor and the roof-timbers of the car,

ratchet-wheels h and i are secured to the upright shaft, with a space between them. A short standard, Ir, is secured to the care-root and bears a frame, I, which reciprocates vertically upon the standard, but is held from turning upon it by a pin taking into alongitudinal slot in the standard. Upon the standard It a pawl m is arranged rot-arily and resting upon the frame Z. This pawl is held in place by the spring a and prevented from too great inward play by the lug Z, which projects upward from the frame I. Resting upon this pawl m, which 'operatesin connection with ratchet 11, is asimilar pawl, 0, held by spring and lug l, and operating in connection with ratchet h. The pawls are pressed down upon the frame by the spiral spring 1', and in this position the pawl m engages with ratchet i and allows the turnstilef to turn frotn the inside of the car, so as to allow passengers to leave the car, but prevents any from entering.

By means of handle s, rod t, crank u, and pitinan o, connected to frame 1 and arranged upon the under side of the car-roof, the driver can lift the frame until pawl on is disengaged from its ratchet and pawl o engages with ratchet h, thus allowing passengers to turn the stile to enter but not to leave the car.

When one setol' pawls and ratchets is in contact the other is free, thus allowing the slileto turn in onedirection,anditisintended that it shall be generally free to turn so that passengers may leave the cars.

The lower turnstile, g, is intended to turn when children enter, and without moving the main stile. The locking device, operated by the foot of the driver, is shown in Figs. 5 and 6 as connected with this lower stile, and consists of foot-pad to, wire or rod to, crank 10 ratchet z, and pawl z.

In order to enter one of these cars, the passenger is required to deposit his fare in a conveniently-placed fare-box, as F, and then the driver unlocks the stile by lifting the frame, as described, to permit entrance to thecar.

It desirable, each of the stilesf and g is connected with a recording apparatus.

I claim as myinvention- M 1. A street-railway car provided with an ent ance at its front end, wherein a compound turnstile is rotarily secured under control of rotation oftlie stile in either direction under control of the car-driver is secured, all substantiallyas described, and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a street-railway car, in combination, a main and a shorter turnstile concentrically arranged and provided with reversing and looking mechanism under control of the car-driver, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

SYLVESTER BISSELL.

Witnesses:

(J. L. BURDETT, W. H. MARsH. 

